Category Archives: Roleplaying with Kids

Content Corner: Spider Fey

Posted on March 18, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Recently in the 4E campaign I’m running for my kids, the party had a little detour to the Feywild, to rescue a unicorn foal from some evil fey brigands. When designing the short adventure, I was casting around for a … Continue reading →

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DM for Kids: Session Props

Posted on February 17, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Heroic Tier, Level 1 The characters have just finished a tough and rousing battle in the main hall of the kobold lair, finishing off the kobold chieftain and his shaman side-kick, plus a bunch more of the nasty little humanoids. … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, DM for Kids, Roleplaying with Kids, The Amber Tower Campaign | 7 Comments

DM for Kids: The Menagerie

Posted on January 25, 2012 by Tolrendordm

Welcome to the debut of a new column  ‘DM for Kids‘, which will highlight some of the great times I’m having playing D&D with my (currently) 12 -year old daughter and 10-year son, and some of the lessons I’m learning. … Continue reading →

Posted in Columns, DM for Kids, Roleplaying with Kids | 5 Comments

Content Corner: Buying a Horse …

Posted on January 11, 2012 by Tolrendordm

As promised in my post ‘Taking Stock…‘, on New Year’s Eve just gone, I’m starting several monthly columns as a way of challenging myself to achieve a regular, albeit light by the standards of many of the great bloggers out there. … Continue reading →

Posted in 4E D&D, Columns, Content Corner, Roleplaying with Kids, Self-publishing, Skill Challenges | 3 Comments

Wizards Watch: Fey Paragon Paths

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Tolrendordm

The Feywild is one of the best additions, IMHO, to the 4E D&D cosmos. My current campaign strongly features the overlap of the normal world and its Fey and Shadow ‘mirrors’. Right now, some of the PCs (run by my … Continue reading →

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Kids Again!

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Tolrendordm

It seems to be Kid’s week out there… Having just posted re the article on the D&D website, I discovered another one on Kobold Quarterly! Definitely inspired me to make time for a session with the kids at the weekend! … Continue reading →

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D&D Kids!

Posted on February 11, 2011 by Tolrendordm

There’s a great article posted on the Dungeons and Dragons website today, from the new column entitled D&D Kids. It’s not a D&D Insider article either, so check it out! Very humourously written, and there were some definite resonances with … Continue reading →

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Why D&D 4E – Part 2?

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Tolrendordm

This post is a continuation of my ‘musings’ on the topic of why I am focussing on 4E for my role-playing, and in this blog, begun here. A second reason is that I’ve used 4E to get into role-playing with … Continue reading →

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Goals!

Posted on January 30, 2011 by Tolrendordm

Since I got back on the role-playing bandwagon (see  About Me…), I’ve been following many of the blogs that are out there, especially via the RPG Bloggers Network . Finally I decided I needed to get in on the act! Why? … Continue reading →

Posted in 4E D&D, Cartography, D&D Nostalgia, Roleplaying with Kids, RPG Technology, World Building | 1 Comment